Catastrophes such as the Black Death played their part in keeping population figures down, and reduced the number of the British people ... increases during the 1600s and 1700s.

Rulers and royals, lords and ladies have all had their say down the centuries, what were the last 1,600 years like for everyday Britons? The Great British Story at St Fagans: National History ...

Global Food History, p. 1. This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural ...